 Welcome into the regional gangsters podcast. I'm your host Scott Bernstein, quick critter edition. We're going to New York City, the five families, the death of a Don, Dominic quiet, Dom Serillo, one of the most respected and revered and trusted mafia figures in the New York City's five families from the Genovese, former capo, former acting boss, longtime consulieri, close friend to Chinjigante passed away over the weekend. He was 94 years old. This guy is a legends legend in the five families. A guy that started his adult life as a boxer, like a lot of wise guys at that time in that era. Transitioned in the 1950s or so into the narcotics trade and from that became acquainted through his father who was, I believe, a maid guy, acquainted with members of the mafia in New York. He became very close to Vincent the Chinjigante when the Chin was on the rise. And then when Chin became the boss, quiet Dom was right next to him in that inner circle, one of his most trusted, if not his most trusted advisor. When Chin finally got taken down by the feds in 97, I think it was the summer of 97, he tapped Dom as his acting boss. Dom eventually went to prison in like 2005-ish, 2006, on a racketeering case. He came out of prison in the late 2010s and became consulieri to the ghost of the West Side, Barney Balomo, the most powerful mafia don in America right now. He plays it real close to the vest, not a lot of pictures, not a lot of public appearances. That's why we call him a ghost. But Barney and his inner circle, guys that are in their 50s, 60s, some in their early 70s, they really leaned on quiet Dom. Everybody loved this guy. He, like I said, he hits all those, checks all those boxes, beloved, feared, respected. So he passes away 94 years old, all the OGs seem to be tapping out, catching their chips. That's what happens, the cycle of life. Last thing I'll mention about Dom Cerulo, and this is where it gets a little salacious, I suppose, were 20 years removed from the disappearance and murder, suspected murder of Dominic's son, Nikki. There is still a lot of mystery and innuendo, rumors, questions that surround that disappearance. 20 years later, he disappeared in the Spring of 04 after having some altercations with the Bananos, specifically Vinnie Baciano, Vinnie Gorgias' people, Dom Cicalli and Vinnie's sons. I just want to be clear that through wiretaps and other things, that group that Cicalli, Baciano group, adamantly denies they had anything to do with it. There were some sit downs. There was recordings where Vinnie Baciano was telling his boss at the time, Joe Messino, the first New York Godfather to wear a wire, where Messino was asking him about Nikki Serillo, and Vinnie Baciano saying they had nothing to do with us. That was all coming from the Genovese. Again, we're not sure. Was it the Genovese? Was it the Banano? Was it both of them? But I think the main question is that people asked 20 years later, what was Dominic, what was Quiet Dom's role in the demise of his son? Did he sign off on it? Nikki was someone that was known to have a pretty bad drug addiction, was hair trigger temper, a guy that acted disrespectfully towards people that he shouldn't have been, did Quiet Dom sign off on his murder as it looks like Vinnie Baciano was alluding to, or did he have nothing to do with it? Again, we'll never know. I would guess the answers go to the grave with him. I know that Dom Cicalli has said on some podcasts since he's jumped on the YouTube and Patreon that he would shed some more light on his perspective of the situation after Quiet Dom died. So maybe we'll have that coming down the pike in the next couple weeks or months. But Quiet Dom Cirillo, a true OG, New York five families, acting boss, conciliary, dead at 94. I'm Scott Bernstein. OG Pod out.